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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
7. An informal conversation.
11. An accidental happening.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
14. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. Not only so, but.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
22. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. A light touch or stroke.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. Divulge information or secrets.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
49. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
5. How long something has existed.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
8. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. A radioactive transuranic element.
19. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
20. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
21. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. The cry made by sheep.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. God of wealth and love.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
36. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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